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Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths in Channel

UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passed

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on sending refugees to Rwanda: the UN is right – this law sets a bad example

Editorial: There is no evidence for the government’s claim that deportations will ‘stop the boats’

The Guardian - UK

Rude, patronising and out of his depth, Minister Mikey ticks all the boxes

Michael Tomlinson’s efforts to defend Rwanda bill show how well suited he is to be part of the new moronocracy

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Five people die in attempt to cross English Channel to the UK

Child among the dead hours after the British government approves a bill to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Al Jazeera

UK Rwanda Law Sparks Fear Among Migrants Hoping To Cross Channel

Britain's new law allowing the deportation of undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda is sparking fear among migrants who have come to France in the hope of crossing the Channel to England.

International Business Times

Stumbling blocks that could still impede Rwanda deportations

Legal and logistic battles await the UK government’s untested asylum plan now that is has reached the parliamentary finishing line

The Guardian - UK

UK passes bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda: What’s next?

Government has already chartered planes for deportations to start as early as July, but legal headaches far from over.

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Sunak ‘confident’ civil service will enact Rwanda bill despite legal concerns

Union threatens ministers with legal action amid fears staff could be obliged to breach civil service code and international law

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Keir Starmer should steal Tory clothes and wear the flag of St George proudly

Like a spectral invigilator, George Orwell is never far from our political discourse. Yesterday, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer dramatised respectively the sharp distinction he drew in a famous 1945 essay between nationalism and patriotism. The Prime Minister, for his part, finally ensured that his Rwanda bill will become…

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Was the Rwanda Bill really worth the effort?

Finally, the Rwanda Bill has got through Parliament. After interminable back and forth between Commons and Lords, and the expenditure of endless political energy and goodwill, the Prime Minister has got his way. Failed asylum seekers may now be sent to Rwanda, legal challenges allowing. But was it really worth…

Evening Standard

Five people die in attempt to cross Channel in small boat from France

Three men, a woman and a child reported dead with vessel said to have been carrying more than 110 people

The Guardian - UK

'Progressive' Rwanda is safe for gay migrants, UK minister Michael Tomlinson insists

The claim comes after Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell said ‘Kigali is arguably safer than London’

Evening Standard

Council Of Europe Calls On UK To Scrap Rwanda Migrant Plan

Britain's parliament on Monday passed a bill under which asylum seekers would be deported to Rwanda to await a decision on their applications, in a bid by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stop people making the dangerous sea crossing to the UK across the Channel.

International Business Times

‘Forced’ move: Rwandans grapple with own fears over UK asylum seeker plan

Amid high unemployment and a housing crisis, many in Rwanda are apprehensive about the $272m migrant deal with the UK.

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Defence spending in UK to be put ‘on war footing’, Rishi Sunak says – as it happened

Prime minister announces increase to UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 in speech about security

The Guardian - UK

Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill

Commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stages

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and his cabinet think one packed Rwanda flight will save them. It won’t

After last night’s vote, they want a ‘proof of concept’ journey to get the tawdry policy back on track. But it’s too flawed for that, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Rishi Sunak finally passes his Rwanda bill – now to find out if it works

In today’s newsletter: After months of wrangling, Parliament passed the government’s controversial plan to tackle small boats

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Al Jazeera

UK passes law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after months of wrangling

The controversial law is expected to come into force within days with the first deportation flights in weeks.

France 24

UK Parliament approves controversial Rwanda deportation bill

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak 's latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July.

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UK Parliament Passes Controversial Bill Sending Asylum Seekers To Rwanda

UK Parliament approves bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, facing legal challenges and opposition.

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U.K. Parliament approves a plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.

The Guardian - UK

The tortuous journey of the UK government’s Rwanda plan

Key dates in the Conservatives’ struggle to push through their policy of processing asylum seekers in a third country

The Guardian - UK

UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east Africa

Evening Standard

Dozens of migrants head to UK in 'small boat' hours after Parliament back Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill

Prime Minister hails 'landmark' Rwanda law after Lords finally back down over its efforts to amend the Bill late on Monday night

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